Game and Fish wins 16 awards from WPA
Wyoming Wildlife magazine — Collaborative Conservation first place article WPA

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department won 16 awards, including eight first-place honors, in the 2024 Wyoming Press Association’s Associates contest. The 16 awards earned the department the Best of WPA Award, which recognizes the associate member who won the most awards that year.

 

Winners were announced at the WPA’s annual convention in January in Cheyenne. Entries consisted of work from Nov. 2023-Oct. 2024.

 

FIRST PLACE

 

  • Best of WPA: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, most awards for an associate member of WPA.
  • Page layout and design: Wyoming Wildlife magazine, “American pronghorn,” Patrick Owen. (May 2024)
  • Feature photo: Wyoming Wildlife magazine“Underwater snail,” Stephanie Estell. (August 2024)
  • News photo: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, “Mule deer,” Chris Martin.
  • Photo page-story: Wyoming Wildlife magazine“A short fall,” Game and Fish staff photo essay. (September 2023)
  • Information campaign: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, “AIS campaign,” staff.
  • Publication: Wyoming Wildlife magazine May 2024 issue.
  • Magazine article: Wyoming Wildlife magazine, “Collaborative Conservation,” William Poole. (April 2024)

 

SECOND PLACE

 

  • One news release: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, “Wyoming Range mule deer population declines after severe winter of 2022-23,” Breanna Ball.
  • Feature photo: Wyoming Wildlife magazine, “Camp kayaking,” Patrick Owen. (August 2024)
  • News photo: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, “Sage grouse,” Patric, Owen.
  • Magazine article: Wyoming Wildlife magazine, “Unseen scene,” Stephanie Estell. (August 2024)
  • Column writing: Wyoming Wildlife magazine, Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Wildlife associate editor.

 

HONORABLE MENTION

 

  • Publication: Wyoming Wildlife magazine December 2023 issue.
  • Magazine article: Wyoming Wildlife magazine, “A look at whirling disease in Wyoming,” Robert Gagliardi. (July 2024)
  • Videography: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, “How ewe hunting can help bighorn sheep populations,” staff.

 

 

-WGFD-

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